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How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...thinking how we can find people who may need help. Anybody helping someone recover from Covid-19 in the community could pick up if there’s someone in the household in a caring role. Practical recommendations that will help ensure the effectiveness of support services. These include various forms of social and community support for carers which can be adapted for a...
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The Life of Saint George
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint George

...think him to have been the same illustrious young man who tore down the edicts when they were first fixed up at Nicomedia, 8 as Lactantius relates in his book, On the Death of the Persecutors, and Eusebius in his history. The reason why St. George has been regarded as the patron of military men, is partly upon the score of his profession, and partly upon the credit of a...
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Technology in sport since 1969
Health, Sports & Psychology

Technology in sport since 1969

...think how advanced the technology was for those first expeditions when you consider that tennis players and golfers were still using wooden racquets and drivers respectively, footballs were still made from real leather and athletics had only just graduated from cinder to the all-weather Tartan Track. This all coincided with the first OU students beginning their studies....
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Pharmacotherapy while ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pharmacotherapy while ageing

...think this one isn’t working. It is just taking longer to work. Drugs take longer to get out / get eliminated from our body as mentioned above. Transcript What do we need to do to prevent side effects and toxicity resulting from the effect of medications on our body? Follow The Five Pillars for Ageing Well (keep an eye on regular nutrition, hydration, physical activity,...
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A timeline between The OU and the royal family
History & The Arts

A timeline between The OU and the royal family

...think pieces, videos and even a free OpenLearn course. As the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations draw near, take a look back across the decades to see how the royals have helped shape what the department and University are today. Life Through a Royal Lens runs until 30 October 2022. Interactive To view this interactive in full screen, click on the top right icon...
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Why do volcanoes erupt?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do volcanoes erupt?

...think what this is? The dispersal of the umbrella cloud is controlled by the wind. When there is a wind, the umbrella region is blown off to one side so tephra is deposited asymmetrically. When the thickness of an airfall deposit is contoured, the pattern is consistent with the wind direction during the eruption. Vulcanian eruptions [Vulcano, a volcanic island in the Med...
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What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?
Digital & Computing

What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?

...thinking about large-scale epidemics across countries, it misses the effects you see with smaller numbers of people, from a few dozen to a few thousand. This is the territory of most zombie-based stories, so we need a different tool to understand what happens in these situations. As a computer scientist, my first thought was to create a virtual world filled with people...
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Stress and Burnout in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and Burnout in Aviation

...think with commercial pilots, particularly when this stressor is a frequent occurrence. Recent research by Venus and Holtforth (2022) suggest that chronic stress appears to be linked to psychophysiological wear and tear, and is associated with higher levels of fatigue, more sleep disturbances and more impaired mental health. Life Events and Daily Hassles The Life Events...
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